October 16, 2019
INVISIBLE CHILDREN (LOS NIÑOS INVISIBLES)
DescriptionDescription Just think if you were a child and you were invisiblethe world would be yours. Rafael is seven years old and desperately in love with Martha Cecilia, whom he wants to see without being noticed. This attraction motivates Rafael to literally become invisible with his two partners in crime, Gonzalo and Fernando. However, the...
October 16, 2019
IT’S A SHAME ABOUT RAY
DescriptionDescription There seems to be an overwhelming theme present in our short filmmakers' collective consciousness-death, dying and what comes next. We selected some of our favorites and put together an eclectic group of films, each with a profoundly unique perspective. BULLET IN THE BRAIN: Based on a short story by Tobias Wolff, a meditation on...
October 16, 2019
THE ICE STORM
DescriptionDescription THE ICE STORM is Ang Lee's penetrating adaptation of Rick Moody's novel about America's upper middle-class suburbs in the 1970s. It's a beautifully interwoven story of two families' lives, their sexual awakenings and the effect that parents' decisions have on both their teenage children's relationships and their views of the world. The story, based...
October 16, 2019
THE ICELANDIC DREAM (ISLENSKI DRAUMURINN)
DescriptionDescription Writer/director Robert I. Douglas' wry, bittersweet comedy about a rudderless young man's feeble attempts to get ahead was an instant hit in Iceland and one of the country's highest grossing films of the past year. For Toti, a disgruntled, 30-year-old soccer-obsessed divorced father, the fall from grace isn't a very long journey. His ex-wife...
October 16, 2019
IN THE BEDROOM
DescriptionDescription Todd Field's unforgettable feature debut starring Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Marisa Tomei and Nick Stahl, is a delicate, suspenseful film about class, loss and getting on with your life. Based on a short piece of fiction by author Andre Dubus, the film is set on the coast of Maine and tells the story of...
October 16, 2019
HAIRBALLS
DescriptionDescription This program bravely tackles the subject of Love. This tantalizing group of shorts range from the bizarre to the macabre to the deeply poignant, bringing us all closer to comprehending the complexities of Love . BIG LOVE: Two parents perform heroic feats to emotionally deal with the fact that their two kids have to...
October 16, 2019
HITCHED (WILDE EHE)
DescriptionDescription This program bravely tackles the subject of Love. This tantalizing group of shorts range from the bizarre to the macabre to the deeply poignant, bringing us all closer to comprehending the complexities of Love . BIG LOVE: Two parents perform heroic feats to emotionally deal with the fact that their two kids have to...
October 16, 2019
FIGHT TO THE MAX
DescriptionDescription From Simeon Soffer (director of the Academy ® Award -nominated documentary THE WILDEST SHOW IN THE SOUTH), comes his latest prison activity spotlight, FIGHT TO THE MAX. This engaging and stylish documentary captures the trials and tribulations of incarcerated boxers who fight for pride and redemption in one of the country's harshest penal systems....
October 16, 2019
FRIEND (CHINGU)
DescriptionDescription Korean cinema is on a tear and FRIEND is now the king of the heap, setting a new box office record previously held by JOINT SECURITY AREA, with more than double the admissions of the top Hollywood blockbusters released in Korea. Four boys are the best of friends, growing up in the coastal town...
October 16, 2019
FELIX AND LOLA (FELIX ET LOLA)
DescriptionDescription Charlotte Gainsbourg, daughter of revered singer/songwriter/iconoclast Serge Gainsbourg, stars in this stylish romance directed by Patrice Leconte, one of France's most prolific, award-winning auteurs. The mundane life of Felix (Philippe Torreton), a carnival-ride operator, is forever altered when he notices a pale, listless young woman (Gainsbourg) among the violent revelry of bumper cars he...
